BERLIN (Sputnik) — Hamburg state court on Wednesday started a new process against German comedian Jan Boehmermann for mocking Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, local media reported.
On March 31, the satirist recited on German TV a controversial obscene poem targeting the Turkish leader. A court in Hamburg has already prohibited Boehmermann from spreading his poem's parts under the threat of fine and detention.
According to the N24 broadcaster, the new lawsuit against Boehmermann stipulates a total ban of the poem.
On April 8, Ankara demanded that Berlin prosecute Boehmermann over the poem. Later that month German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Berlin sanctioned the launch of investigation into the comedian.
In October, the prosecutor's office of the German city of Mainz ceased criminal proceedings in the case.
